Abstract
The Lancet has been threatened with legal action on two occasions during the past month or so. Since none of our editorial staff seem especially keen to go to court, let alone see the inside of a jail cell, the precise circumstances of our alleged transgressions must remain, for the time being anyway, confidential. However, both instances concern potential wrongdoings by investigators. And presumably because we have challenged them, they or their employers have bitten back as aggressively as they can. Editors have long reflected on these issues and how they might deal with them (alone usually). 1 Horton R Revising the research record. Lancet. 1995; 346: 1610-1611 PubMed Scopus (8) Google Scholar In the UK, the problem is that there is no forum for discussion of how editors should handle alleged incidents of publication or research misconduct. At least, not yet.
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